The sensational charges made against leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties of being corrupted by the Standard Oil Trust have been followed by additional ...
Article : 349 wordsA terrible street accident occurred yesterday on the Berlin elevated electric railway. The driver of an overhead train, ...
Article : 98 wordsAccording to the "Daily Express," the Licensing Bill, which was in the committee stage in the House of Commons when Parliament adjourned for the autumn recess, ...
Article : 184 wordsIn commenting on the despatch of the Admiralty to the Government of the Commonwealth with respect to Australian naval defence, the "Pall Mall Gazette" ...
Article : 230 wordsWhen the Premier (Sir Thomas Bent) suggested that a British fleet should be invited to visit Australia, the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) announced that he had ...
Article : 200 wordsHis Excellency the Governor-General will receive addresses from public bodies at half-past 11 o'clock this morning. Those attending are requested to enter by the ...
Article : 995 wordsHOBART, Sunday.—An appalling shipping disaster occurred on Saturday morning[?] when the barque Loch Finlas struck a reef off Foster Island, near Cape Portland, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,627 wordsHORSHAM, Sunday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Mackey), Mr. F. Hagelthorn, M.L.C., and Messrs. Cameron, Hutchinson, and Thompson, M.L.A.'s, were entertained ...
Article : 405 wordsThe relations of Turkey and Bulgaria are causing some anxiety. The action of Bulgaria in seizing the Bulgarian sections of the Oriental railway, and claiming a ...
Article : 196 wordsThe Minister for Water Supply (Mr. Swinburne) and the chairman of the Water Supply Commission (Mr. Mead) visited a number of irrigation works in ...
Article : 349 wordsIn January last the Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain despatched Mr. Ben Morgan as a commissioner to inquire into the position of trade and its prospects ...
Article : 187 wordsA serious disturbance occurred yesterday at Manchester, where the unemployed, incited by socialists, have lately resorted to violence. A crowd of 2,000 unemployed ...
Article : 164 wordsSir Thomas Bent has quite mistaken the sentiment of the shipping and trading community if he imagines that his interpretation of their discontent over the ...
Article : 1,152 wordsAn endeavour is being made for the settlement of Jews by securing for them large tracts of land in Palestine. Under the new Turkish constitution provision is ...
Article : 87 wordsThe disclosure of enormous bogus sales on the part of Messrs. A. O. Brown and Co., a Wall-street firm, which was followed by the suspension of the firm, has resulted ...
Article : 93 wordsHORSHAM, Thursday.—In the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice A'Beckett and a jury, Emma Louisa Jende petitioned for a judicial separation from her husband, ...
Article : 354 wordsThe question of wh[?]t nick-name would best suit them was submitted to the Australasian Rugby Union football team, and after consideration they have decided to be ...
Article : 195 wordsThe discovery has been made of a plot to assassinate King Alfonso of Spain at Biarritz, the fashionable Spanish watering- place. A Spaniard named Fernando ...
Article : 49 wordsThe prosecution and exemplary punishment of a number of members of the Mile End Board of Guardians for corruption has been followed by the indictment of seven ...
Article : 162 wordsA crew of about 16 all told will be needed to man the new Commonwealth fisheries investigation vessel, which was christened "The Endeavour" by Mrs. Keating in ...
Article : 109 wordsTwo cases under the Anti-Trust Act—the first undertaken in the Commonwealth—are to be heard in the City Court this morning. The defendants are Messrs. Huddart, ...
Article : 451 wordsAn extraordinary accident at sea, consequent on an earthquake, has been reported from America. The steamer Radames, on the voyage from ...
Article : 178 wordsMr. Justice Cussen was in a humorous vein on Saturday afternoon, when he opened the grounds of the Auburn Heights Bowling Club for the present season, at the ...
Article : 650 wordsA Hindu named Kali Charamukerj[?]e, who is known to have been engaged in the manufacture of bombs, has been convicted at Aligarh, in the North-West Provinces, ...
Article : 91 wordsThe race of four-inch cylinder motor-cars on the Isle of Man over a course of 338 miles, to determine the highest speed obtainable with an unlimited supply of fuel, ...
Article : 84 wordsBERRINGA, Sunday.—Snowballing a coachdriver named Jack Knight on August 26 led to L. Reitze being proceeded against at the Berringa Police Court for using ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, whose service is subsidised by the Russian Government, has let a contract for the building of five steamers for trade with ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. G. Read Murphy, P.M., proposes to take steps to test the question which he has already raised—the right of the public service commissioner to appoint a board to ...
Article : 334 wordsFearful mortality from cholera, largely due to the ignorance and superstitions of the populace, are occurring in the town and district of Krasnayi Yar, in south-[?]ast ...
Article : 125 wordsAlthough during the past couple of weeks the receipts from the railways have shown a slight falling-off, as compared with last year's figures, the revenue since the ...
Article : 310 wordsGEELONG, Sunday.—The Rev. C. H. Nash made a statement before a crowded congregation at Christ Church this morning. He said that he felt it to be his duty ...
Article : 522 wordsSir,—What do you think of Sydney? How do you like our harbour? What do you think of Melbourne? What do you think of our streets? And, how do you like ...
Article : 615 wordsPortion of the retaining wall which is being built at the new Preston[?] reservoir collapsed on Thursday. The wall is being constructed of reinforced concrete. It is ...
Article : 292 wordsThe Shah of Persia has yielded to pressure put upon him by his own subjects, and to the friendly advice of Great Britain and Russia, and has consented to summon a ...
Article : 55 wordsAt Half-past 10.—Eastern Extension Austra[?]asian and China Telegraph Co. v. the Commonwealth (judgment); Davidson v. Chri[?]side (part heard); Dunlop v. Cooper (5,585); Dunlop v. Cooper ...
Article : 218 wordsA novel appeal was made to a London magistrate yesterday by a habitual criminal who appeared before him. He asked that [?]e might be allowed a "last chance," and ...
Article : 111 wordsHOBART, Sunday.—The voyage of the French ship Caillon, which arrived in Storm Bay, at the mouth of the Derwent River, on Friday, from Birkenhead, has had a ...
Article : 186 wordsOn Saturday afternoon, Mr. Otto Preuss, undertaker, of Burwood-road, Hawthorn, and his son, Mr. E. Pre[?]ss, were returning home with a coffin waggon along ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 28 Sep 1908, Page 5
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